The Alcohol Textbook A reference for the beverage, fuel and industrial alcoholby K. Jacques, PhD, T. Lyons, PhD, D.R. Kelsall

Table of Contents
Ethanol industry today
1 Ethanol around the world: rapid growth in policies, technology and production
Raw material handling and processing
2 Grain dry milling and cooking procedures: extracting sugars in preparation for fermentation
3 Enzymatic conversion of starch to fermentable sugars
4 Grain handling: a critical aspect of distillery operation
Substrates for ethanol production
5 Lignocellulosics to ethanol: meeting ethanol demand in the future
6 Ethanol production from cassava
Whey alcohol - a viable outlet for whey?
8 Treatment and fermentation of molasses when making rum-type spirits
Yeast and management of fermentation
9 Understanding yeast fundamentals
10 Practical management of yeast: conversion of sugars to ethanol
11 Continuous fermentation in the fuel alcohol industry: How does the technology affect yeast?
12 Understanding near infrared spectroscopy and its applications in the distillery
13 Emerging biorefineries and biotechnological applications of nonconventional yeast: now and in the future
Beverage alcohol production
14 Production of Scotch and Irish whiskies: their history and evolution
15 Tequila production from agave: historical influences and contemporary processes
16 Production of heavy and light rums: fermentation and maturation
17 From pot stills to continuous stills: flavor modification by distillation
18 From liqueurs to ‘malternatives’: the art of flavoring and compounding alcohol
19 Production of American whiskies: bourbon, corn, rye and Tennessee Ron Ralph
Contamination and hygiene
20 Bacterial contamination and control in ethanol production
21 Managing the four Ts of cleaning and sanitizing: time, temperature, titration and turbulence
Recovery
22 Ethanol distillation: the fundamentals
23 Development and operation of the molecular sieve: an industry standard
Engineering ethanol fermentations
24 Water reuse in fuel alcohol plants: effect on fermentation. Is a ‘zero discharge’ concept attainable?
25 Understanding energy use and energy users in contemporary ethanol plants
The dryhouse, co-products and the future
26 Dryhouse design: focusing on reliability and return on investment
27 Ethanol production and the modern livestock feed industry: a relationship continuing to grow
28 Biorefineries: the versatile fermentation plants of the future
The Alcohol AlphabetA glossary of terms used in the ethanol-producing industries